Chapter 5
The arrival of Cui Youyi and her group posed a problem for the village chief. He searched for vacant space in the village for a while and finally found a dilapidated house at the end of the village for the Cui family.
Cui Youyi asked her nine-year-old nephew Cui Langxi to take his younger siblings to the village chief to familiarize themselves with the route. She and her two sisters-in-law borrowed a cart from the village chief's house and dragged her second brother, who had limited mobility, over.
The uphill road was endless, with big rocks and small stones one after another. With every bump, Cui Youyi felt like she was about to fall.
"It's all my fault that you got into trouble." Cui Jingshuo looked at the three trembling aunts and sisters-in-law, feeling very guilty.
There were only a few of them left in the Cui family. As the only adult male, he not only failed to protect them, but also became a burden to them.
He is really useless...
Cui Youyi knew that her brother was feeling bad, but she really didn't know what to say.
Sister-in-law Liu Shi quickly spoke up, "Don't say that, second brother. If it weren't for your protection all the way from the capital to Ningguta, I'm afraid we wouldn't have made it here alive. Just relax and take good care of yourself. We'll have a lot to rely on you for in the future."
Before being exiled, her parents asked her if she wanted to return home, but she couldn't do it when she thought of Xi Ge'er. She was ready to die on the road. But someone arranged everything for them, and they finally made it to Ningguta.
During this journey, she also came to terms with it. Life is more important than anything else. The Cui family may not really fall. They still have a chance...
"That's right, second brother, there's still a long way to go!" Cui Youyi panted and persuaded dryly.
Only God knows how guilty she feels.
Life is like a performance of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Death comes suddenly, and life comes suddenly. The girl suffered all the way and finally collapsed before dawn. She took advantage of a chance to come back to life.
As for whether she had deep feelings for the people in the Cui family, that was not the case, but Cui Jingshuo stood in front of others and took a beating for her, and she experienced it personally. In short, Cui Youyi's feelings were quite complicated, with guilt, embarrassment, and all kinds of emotions.
Besides, she was so exhausted that she had no mood to comfort the broken-hearted Cui Jingshuo.
The three of them, the aunt and the sister-in-law, dragged the heavy cart for an unknown amount of time. In this cold weather, they were sweating profusely.
"Why are Xi'er and the other two here?" Liu Shi saw from afar her son leading his second wife's younger brother and sister Cui Langcheng and Cui Yuecheng towards them. She became anxious, fearing that something had happened.
"Let's try harder and walk faster." Cui Youyi was also a little anxious. She hoped that nothing would really go wrong. They really couldn't afford to get hurt at all now.
Cui Jingshuo: "How about you leave me here? I'll go over and see if anything happened to the child."
Song Ruo listened to her husband's bad idea and sighed, "Husband, this is an uphill battle. We should find a place for you to put it. Judging from the appearance of the three of them, they must be fine. As for the rest, let's just let fate take its course."
"Second sister-in-law is right. As long as we are all together, we can overcome any difficulties." Cui Youyi took the opportunity to cheer everyone up. After they settled down, she would think of a way to win over Wang Jun and complete the system task so that they would not starve to death.
The four adults finally reunited with the three children, and the group finally arrived in front of their new home with the cart.
Cui Youyi looked in disbelief at the three-courtyard building that the village chief had mentioned - there was no gate, two of the houses had no roofs, and the houses were full of weeds.
"Brother Xi, you are being too conservative. This is not dilapidated at all!" Cui Youyi couldn't help but complain.
In this house that is leaky on all sides, let alone surviving the deep winter, even in this weather, if we stay in this house for one night, I'm afraid everyone will catch a cold the next day and die on the third day.
"Mom, I don't want to live with bugs." Cui Yuecheng curled his lips and tears came.
Cui Jingshuo and Song Ruo felt heartbroken when they saw their little daughter with a pointed face.
"No, mother will clean this up soon and there will be no bugs." Song Ruo brought her daughter to Cui Jingshuo, "Cheng Jie'er, be good. Daddy needs someone to take care of him now. Can you and your brother take care of him together?"
"Don't be afraid, sister. Your brothers will protect you." Cui Langcheng patted his chest and promised.
After the family cheered each other up, Cui Youyi made a simple mask and assigned some tasks to everyone. She urgently called the system while cleaning the house alone.
"System, I want to redeem the gift box!"
[Gift box redemption...]
[The system is identifying the host's living environment, please wait...]
Could it be possible to change the house? Cui Youyi began to get excited. Their biggest problem now was this leaky house. They didn’t know how to fix it themselves, and they were unfamiliar with the place and couldn’t find anyone to help. Judging from the village chief’s intention, he said he wanted to observe them for a period of time, but in fact he wanted to let them fend for themselves.
"Why hasn't it been loaded yet!" Cui Youyi waited and waited but the gift box did not appear in the system's refresh, so she had to accept her fate and clean up.
The three sisters-in-law and two half-grown children worked until the sun was almost setting before they finally managed to tidy up the leaky house.
No one cared about worrying, as their stomachs started to growl.
We really didn't have the energy to cook anything else, and since our cooking skills were average, we had to heat up the dry food biscuits left over from the previous few days and barely make do with a bite.
They picked up some firewood, heated up the kang before going to bed in a hurry, while it was still light.
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Cui Youyi was woken up by the cold.
This kang may have not been used for a long time, so the heating is uneven and it gets cold early.
The more she slept, the colder it became, so Cui Youyi had to get up.
"System, why hasn't my gift box been loaded yet?" After waiting for a whole day, Cui Youyi gradually lost her patience. "System, system, are you still there?"
【The system is still loading. 】
[A system warning is being inserted. The target character's favorability towards the host has dropped to 50%. The host's survival time is reduced to five days. Once the survival time is exhausted, the host will be eliminated.]
[After systematic calculations, the Cui family is unable to complete the Ningguta reclamation mission and is also facing the danger of death.]
[There is one day left until the task is completed. Please hurry up and complete the system task! ]
[Important warning, host, please hurry up and complete the system task! ]
Cui Youyi: ...
I just urged for the gift box progress, didn't I? Why did they deduct my survival time? They even issued a warning and kept pushing me.
Besides, could she bring Wang Jun to the village?
I really want to give up!
The breath that had been held high was dispersed in an instant, and Cui Youyi finally felt the reality of being exiled.
Life is so hard, this road to survival is so difficult...
Cui Youyi was still lamenting about life when the village chief's wife hurried over.
"Cui family girl, come with me quickly, I need your help with something."
"Auntie, what happened?"
Cui Youyi was dragged forward and almost couldn't keep up with the speed of the village chief's wife.
Oh my god, there is still thick frost on the ground and it is slippery!
"Oh, I don't know what it is exactly. The county magistrate came to see my wife early in the morning and is waiting for you. He said he needs your help with something important."
The village chief's wife gave a brief account of the matter, and Cui Youyi quickly grasped the key information—Wang Jun was here!
That’s great! Could it be that the system discovered that I wanted to give up and changed Wang Jun over?
While Cui Youyi followed the village chief's wife, she was thinking in her mind how to teach Wang Junlu some more skills so that she could complete the task as soon as possible.
The village chief's wife, who was afraid of delaying the county magistrate's important business, and Cui Youyi, who was determined to complete the task, hurried to the center of the village.
"You woman, the county magistrate is here, how can you behave like this!" The village chief glanced at Wang Jun, coughed, and did not forget to give her a towel to wipe the sweat off her face.
The village head's wife rolled her eyes at him unhappily, then said to Wang Jun with a smile, "Oh, aren't you worried that the county magistrate might be waiting anxiously? Miss Cui is slow, so she'll be there soon!"
She was running around for the county magistrate's important affairs. The more tired she appeared, the more it showed that she cared about the county magistrate's affairs. They came and went frequently, so the county magistrate should remember this kindness. And the village chief was not as thoughtful as her, a woman.
As soon as he said this, Cui Youyi appeared in front of everyone.
[Ding, the target person's favorability towards the host has been detected to have risen to 60%]
Cui Youyi couldn't understand why her favorability rating increased so much when she hadn't done anything. This man's mind was truly unpredictable!
Wang Jun's ears turned red from being stared at by Cui Youyi. Worried about the presence of the village chief and his wife, he had to cough twice in the hope that Cui Youyi would restrain herself.
Cui Youyi came back to her senses and began to ask about the matter: "Sir Wang, I wonder what urgent matter requires me?"
It would be best if I could attend the ice sculpture conference, it would be best if I could attend the ice sculpture conference, it would be best if I could attend the ice sculpture conference!
Cui Youyi silently repeated it three times in her heart, praying that the mission would be completed.
"Would you like to participate in the ice sculpture competition?"
Cui Youyi: !!! Is silent recitation really effective?
She really didn't understand. She had just complained yesterday that she couldn't complete the task unless Wang Jun could be brought in front of her. As a result, not long after getting up today, she was brought in front of Wang Jun, and even the favorability that was deducted yesterday increased.
Today she had just been thinking about joining the ice sculpture competition, but this person actually asked her if she wanted to participate.
Oh my God, could it be that she hasn't woken up yet and everything now is just a dream?
Cui Youyi pinched herself hard.
It's good, it hurts, this is not a dream.
Cui Youyi looked at Wang Jun suspiciously, "Why would Your Excellency give this opportunity to me?" Was there a trap set for her? Or were the Zhou family plotting something?
Why can't she believe it!
Wang Jun smiled gently, but the words he said made Cui Youyi shiver.
"The Zhou family has been trying to learn the art of ice carving from you, young lady. I stopped them a few times on your behalf, and then all the famous ice carving families in Ningguta came knocking on your door."
Cui Youyi: "They want my life?"
No way, no way, why did she beat the younger ones and then the older ones? She was also beating people from the Zhou family, why did the other families join in the fun?
"What are you talking about, girl? We in Ningguta are a place where rules are respected," the village chief said quickly. How could this girl be so outspoken and not so tactful in her dealings?
"That's right, we in Ningguta are under the leadership of the county magistrate, but that's, uh." The village chief's wife wanted to say something she had heard before, but when the words came to her lips, she just couldn't remember what the word was.
She poked the village chief twice: "What was that word you said last time?"
"Well……"
The village chief also hesitated and couldn't remember.
The scene was extremely awkward. This series of events was beyond Wang Jun's imagination. He pretended to be calm and said, "Don't worry, young lady. Now that I've spoken, I will definitely protect your life."
Cui Youyi: ...
"Then I am very grateful to you, sir."
Buddy, look at the reactions of the village chief and the others. Your words are not very credible! Cui Youyi was trembling in her heart.
"No need to thank me, you deserve it. After all, you will be participating in an ice fighting competition with the younger generations of several other families!"
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